diff --git a/templates/contact_template.tpl b/templates/contact_template.tpl
index 13ca175ebe..21241d0ab0 100644
--- a/templates/contact_template.tpl
+++ b/templates/contact_template.tpl
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 
 <div class="contact-wrapper media" id="contact-entry-wrapper-{{$id}}" >
-	
+
+		{{* This is a wrapper for the contact picture and the dropdown menu with contact relating actions *}}
 		<div class="contact-photo-wrapper dropdown pull-left" >
 			<div class="contact-photo mframe" id="contact-entry-photo-{{$contact.id}}" >
 
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@
 		</div>
 
 		<div class="media-body">
+			{{* The contact description (e.g. Name, Network, kind of connection and so on *}}
 			<div class="contact-entry-desc">
 				<div class="contact-entry-name" id="contact-entry-name-{{$contact.id}}" >
 					<h4 class="media-heading">{{$contact.name}}
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@
 				{{if $contact.network}}<div class="contact-entry-details" id="contact-entry-network-{{$contact.id}}" >{{$contact.network}}</div>{{/if}}
 			</div>
 
+			{{* The checkbox to perform batch actions to these contacts (for batch actions have a look at contacts-template.tpl) *}}
 			{{* if !$no_contacts_checkbox *}}
 			{{if $multiselect}}
 			<div class="checkbox contact-entry-checkbox pull-right">
@@ -54,6 +57,5 @@
 			</div>
 			{{/if}}
 		</div>
-	
 
 </div>
diff --git a/templates/contacts-template.tpl b/templates/contacts-template.tpl
index 98a2d62fcc..e33855b6d5 100644
--- a/templates/contacts-template.tpl
+++ b/templates/contacts-template.tpl
@@ -3,10 +3,12 @@
 
 	{{$tabs}}
 
+	{{* The page headding with it's contacts counter *}}
 	<h2 class="headding">{{$header}} {{if $total}} ({{$total}}) {{/if}}</h2>
 
 	{{if $finding}}<h4>{{$finding}}</h4>{{/if}}
 
+	{{* The search input field to search for contacts *}}
 	<div id="contacts-search-wrapper">
 		<form id="contacts-search-form" class="navbar-form" action="{{$cmd}}" method="get" >
 			<label for="contacts-search" class="contacts-search-desc">{{$desc}}</label><br/>
@@ -22,7 +24,9 @@
 	<hr>
 	<div id="contacts-search-end"></div>
 
+	{{* we need the form container to make batch actions work *}}
 	<form action="{{$baseurl}}/contacts/batch/" method="POST">
+		{{* We put the contact batch actions in a dropdown menu *}}
 		<ul class="nav nav-pills preferences">
 			<li class="dropdown pull-right">
 				<a class="btn btn-link dropdown-toggle" type="button" id="BatchActionDropdownMenuTools" data-toggle="dropdown" aria-expanded="true">
@@ -39,6 +43,7 @@
 		</ul>
 		<div class="clear">
 
+		{{* format each contact with the contact_template.tpl *}}
 		<ul id="viewcontact_wrapper" class="viewcontact_wrapper media-list">
 		{{foreach $contacts as $contact}}
 			<li>{{include file="contact_template.tpl"}}</li>
@@ -50,6 +55,8 @@
 	{{$paginate}}
 </div>
 
+{{* The modals for Poke and Messages
+this needs to be removed and do it with js *}}
 <div class="modal" id="PokeModal" tabindex="-1" role="dialog" aria-labelledby="PokeModal" aria-hidden="true">
 	<div class="modal-dialog">
 		<div class="modal-content">
diff --git a/templates/viewcontact_template.tpl b/templates/viewcontact_template.tpl
index 0cc1f24b8f..4af3a9c28a 100644
--- a/templates/viewcontact_template.tpl
+++ b/templates/viewcontact_template.tpl
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 
+{{* This is the standard template for showing contact lists. It is used e.g. 
+at the suggest page and also at many other places *}}
+
 {{include file="section_title.tpl"}}
 
 {{$tab_str}}